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Roo, despite
i ll go for RvP…. but he needs to find his cool and feel more at home in our shirt
Depends who’s in the team at the time, so you probably need 2-3 who are capable of reliably dispatching them. RvP, Rooney & Chicharito, despite the misses are the obvious choices. Surely we can’t miss any more this season. Could get costly as we hit the latter stages of the Champions League.
Carrick…
Just bring giggs on for them then take him back off!!!!
rvp
Rooney
rooney…the best penalty taker in England ( i do like marios penalties though)
rooney, he needs to remain our number one player, that means taking responsibility for the team, taking penalties and getting paid the most to do it.
Valencia will be my man
rooney shud but its coz hes been always takn dem
Giggs for the penalties, when available that is. Ando is also a decent candidate.
Rooney and Van Persie are both absolutely brilliant takers. It should just be whoever is on a run and scoring goals. Van Persie is currently the one, but Rooney will no doubt take over the mantle as chief scorer as the season progresses and RvP requires some rest. Its not that important, either of them are outstanding takers.
wayne rooney!
im with busby on this one, although ersonally believe that rooney along with balo as earlier mentioned are the best peno takers in th league. i think/hope yrsterdays miss was a one off for rooney who after a dodgy start to his penalty takin duties a while back has learnt and practised totake them very well indeed. as for the fact that he is the most paid, well, not quite sure that should hve any relevance on wether he takes a peno or not to be fair!
chicarito would be well down my list of takers….not the cleanest striker of a ball atm.
Valencia would also be mine
rooney follows by RVP.
if neither is on the field, then chicharito follows by giggs.
I am glad RVP did not sign up for the penalty yesterday, against his old side. It would only bring extra pressure. There was really no point when we had Roo on the pitch. I think we have many good penalty takers though. Roo, Giggs, Scholes.. And obviously RVP.
Both Rooney and RVP are a good penaltay taker but sometimes they are just too predictable for goal keepers.personally I can’t decide but I vote for Rooney to be our number one candidate for such role.BTW Alan shearer for me was the best penalty takes in the premier league.
Robin. Roo misses pens far too regularly
Rooney
Rvp
Giggs (If he is playing)
Young
Hernandez
Carrick
Nani
Anderson
Valencia(Honestly have never seen him take penalties)
This will be my order. We need to improve in pens. God forbid if there is a Pen shoot out in Knock outs then what. Rooney will be the safest option if not RVP.
anyone who can hit the back of the net very poor effort so far ffs
Rooney
Rooney
RVP
Anderson
Young
Carrick
Rooney
Fat frank
Rooney
RvP
Giggs
Scholes
Carrick
De gea!! Ha ha Otherwise RvP for me
Rooney or Carrick
this must be unhappy for Sir. Alex and that’s become his homework to make effective the pinalty chance. and i think the best PK taker in united is scholes, giggs, rooney and the last is RVP..cause in taking pinalty they must have experience, accuracy, mentality, and timing that on 100% great !!
If you want to hit a good penalty, take a look at the germans. They absolutely thump it into the top corner with accuracy and precision. Rooney on his day will smash it into the net,same goes for van persie. Either will contribute on that front but van persie probably has more accuracy in that hammer left foot. Rooney will be back practising again hopefully.
By the time a keeper went for a Valencia penalty he would be too late it would have rocketed in
Parry – when has valencia ever taken a penalty to give you the idea he may be good at it?
@Deano
It’s Fat Fwank.
I can’t choose from the team,sad
Irwin ruud and cantona!
RVP for me
And forgot ,hargo is the best
Maybe try Tom and toni
RVP! That will also give him more confidence and boost his golden boot chances
I don’t see anyone from the current takers to be able to outwit the keeper. So its whoever can hit the target with the most power and precision. That would be RVP at the moment.
Büttner – he has a foot like a traction engine
samuel-united We stand.
Can’t say I ever have seen him take one.What makes me think he would be good at taking them ? The power of his shot does,if a goalie is unfortunate enough to get in the way of it then he is going in the net as well.
Rooney. His penalty yesterday was just unlucky. He placed it at the bottom right corner like he always does, but was a couple of inches unlucky and hit the post
De Gea
It’s shocking how bad United have become with pens. All the players you might think of have missed vital ones (eg Scholes in the FA Cup in 2005) and the mere fact we have to ponder the question shows how bad things have got. Nani is unreliable and sometimes just plain silly. Giggs isn’t bad (eg Chelsea in the league cup) but won’t always be around and has missed some. It’s amazing that Rooney, who belts a good one when in the right frame of mind, has actually missed 7 out of 20 in the league. It’s a good point that we want Rooney to think of himself as the main man, the one around whom the team is built, but his failure rate means we really can’t rely on him. I think I’d go for RvP,althugh I can see why yesterday wouldn’t have been ideal for him. Earlier in the season, after RvP had missed one , Fergie admitted no thought had gone into who should take penalties, which was very surprising in such a meticulous man whose attention to detail is legendary. I hate the way too many United players sort of saunter up with a short run-up and tamely clip it a the keeper. I want to see an unstoppable missile launched into the top corner past the proverbial ‘despairing ‘ keeper. Come on United, get it sorted!
The power of tonyV’s shot could go out for throw in 99% of the time if he was chosen to be our peno taker from now on
Maybe because he’s soo used to crossing….
Imo RVP is our currently best striker of the ball
It would be silly to think otherwise
Sentiments: Rooney
Maybe,but all that’s required is to be on target and that’s not hard when facing the goal.Lorimer of Leeds was renowned for the power of his shot and I dont think he missed too many/had many stopped.
I can’t believe I’m readin that Rooney should be our penalty taker ahead of Van Persie from some people. Rooney’s record from the spot is pretty average and compare to Van Persie’s. Van Persie must have not fancied it against his old club is all that I can think of yesterday.
sir alex
The obvious candidates are Rooney and RVP, for so many reasons.
They both take great penalties. Both are well used to the pressure of needing to score. Both are likely Golden Boot contenders. Every goal a striker scores, boosts his confidence in front of goal. Strikers need to avoid barren spells (esp Rooney)
Thinking ‘out of the box’, with regard to the open nature of this thread, I’d suggest Rafael.
He has the power, the ball-striking, the audacity and verve. He wants to score goals. Were he to have a high scoring-rate taking penalties, I believe it would immeasurably aid his transition into a world-class wing-back.
@Pablo
i blame your mum who let you out of your cave
by this time of the day.
Talking of rafael….
Take a look at what the old scot had to say regarding his contribution so far this season
And how much a player he can become in a near future if he keeps going at the rate he’s at at the minute, and how fucking improvements has made since joining the club together with his twin brother who’s currently enjoring a torrid spell at QPR due to injuries and his current teams bad form: http://t.co/L67ZE9NJ
Simple, RVP
I agree with RVP . But yesterday , his first game against his old club, I think it was right for Rooney to take it. Maybe it was pre agreed between him and Rooney.
Carick was one time recommended by Ferguson in the absence of ronaldo… I think I’ll go with the boss’s initial choice.
It should stay with Rooney. He needs to practice them more, get a better technique, but why not? Penalties are a crap shoot; it’s possible that his replacement would miss as many anyway. No, penalties are your job, Rooney, and we expect you to deliver.
ME. I’m fucking gold from the spot. Fergie Fergie, sign me up!
PS: Rooney is on 65% for what’s described as a 90% success rate activity. NEXT!
Rooney is pretty shit at penalties. Look at the stats. He scores fewer than the average penalty taker.
thanks proverb i’ll just retreat back into my cave…………………..couldnt resist it………………….!!!
English players are not known to be good penalty takers – my vote goes to RVP!!
Who the FUCK voted for Nani?!?!!?!?
Hang your fucking heads in shame.
Denis Irwin.
Failing that, Giggsy, then RVP, then Roo.
just checked rvp peno stats from last few seasons, and looks as though he was not top choice always for arsenal and missed one in 3 often
Roo has missed 3 recently. That is just not good enough.
For me it has to be RVP or Giggs on form.
If it is a shoot out. I’d add Rooney, Valencia, Nani, Carrick. All cool as cucumbers
Giggs
FletchTHEMAN> Carrick could be interesting. Hmmmm
Question: Did Wilshire get a second yellow, or a straight Red?
Guardian play by pay assumed it was a second Y, but stated, if could have been a straight red.
But ESPN time line list only 3 Y for Arsenal and 1 R, no indication of a Y at the time of the R.
Who has a link that can unequivocally clear this up. Maybe the FA?
There are not many penalty takers these days who try to send the keeper the wrong way. Most now just hit it as accurate as possible. By now all of us know Rooney favours the keepers bottom right corner.
You all might not know it, but Büttner took all the spot kicks AND pens for his former team.
Shades of Denis Irwin? Guess that will be something to watch how it develops.
Anyone have an answer to the Wilshere question. second yellow or straight red????
@Fletch
It was a second yellow
Yes. Why not De Gea ?
not giggs, dont trust left footers for penalties. although sheedy of everton had a killer left foot! id have raphael take them! brazilians dont tend to miss penalties!
Great week for United! Top of the prem!
Table (w/ Red colored spectacles)
1. United……win………..24pts
2. Chelsea…draw………23pts
3. City……….draw………22pts
4. Spurs…….lose……….17pts
5. Everton….draw………17pts
6. Arsenal….lose……….15pts
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‘Pool…….draw………11pts (move up to 12th)
I’d like to see Carrick have a go. Composed, can hit a ball well with the side foot, experienced. Why not?
Carrick had a go before. He hit a totally shit one vs. Burney a few years back that cost us points and put him off the list indefinitely!
rvp
rooney
anderson
chicharito
giggsy (if playing) / carrick
How can people say Rooney? Legend. Sure. But good penaltytaker? Fuck no. 7 misses in 20 tries. Giggs for me. RvP second.
Voted for Nani because I can.
Well said Fibes – Denis Irwin was pure quality. Proves it’s not about being a striker. Though the amazing Eric Cantona was just as good. In those days a pen for us equalled a goal basically. A penalty taker needs to have a cool head and maybe need to enjoy the battle of wits with the keeper. Eric certainly did. Eric and Denis, as good as Eric and Ernie. Maybe the present lot should watch them at it.
Young was a good penalty taker at villa.
I think he should be our number 1
For me it has to be Van Persie. Rooney has missed too many.
While some are mentioning Irwin, cantona.. Bruce holds record for most pens scored 4 us in a seaon.. 11..He may not have looked the most flashy but he could put em away
Right now though has to be RVP
Carrick. He is by far my first choice.
I would love Giggs to be the second choice, but he does not need the confidence from the goals.
Between Rooney and RvP, it depends on the situation. When we are trailing, against any opposition other than Arsenal, I would prefer RvP.
If we are in front or level, I would prefer Rooney. Because the confidence from scoring a goal would make Rooney unplayable.
To be honest, I’ve never rated Rooney as PK taker, even more so I think Nani is a safer option. But now we have RvP, so there shouldn’t be any question about it anymore.
Dennis Irwin
Let giggsy if he’s playing..if not, it will always be RvP…
If Giggs is on the field, he should take them. Cool and experienced head and a superb left foot.
Gotta be someone who’s a guaranteed starter so I don’t even know why Nani’s names is in the poll. The lad who’s shit decision making cost us the league cup, who’s taking the piss over his contract, may not be with us next season, and is not even in the first team, he should be our penalty taker?
How’s this gonna work? We just make sure we only get penalties in the 10 odd games he’ll play this season? We’re 15 odd games in and have had 4 pens plus at least 2 big shouts. That’s more than 1 in 3 matches, so once again it has to be a starter.
RVP first, then anyone else who’s got the guts. Rafa’s an interesting shout as he’s got some massive cojones.
As much as it pains me to say it; Lumplard is probably the best pen tekker in the league, and Le Tissier Tissue the best in top flight history.
Giggs if available, he scored a great pen for team gb at the olympics vs japan
Van persie should be taking pk bcus of holding boot
Fact : Whenever Rooney misses a penalty, we inevitably tend to win the match.Both are equally good,So Rooney it should be for sentimental reasons.
why scholesy isnt taking pens anymore? http://vimeo.com/41973071 7:05 here, incredible stuff!
I cant remember ever seeing michael carrick take a penalty. But his technique should fit that task perfectly: he hits the ball really crisply, and accurately. Plus hes in the team [unlike scholes and giggs]. You need to have consistency, hence a first teamer
Voted for Carrick is a Silly joke mate..